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lance armstrong is a teacher. in an interview released tonight by oprah winfrey, armstrong said he needed to use performance enhancing drugs to win seven consecutive tour de france titles. clips in a few minutes. >> our other big story tonight. the snow has arrived. sort of. this is well to the south down in lynchburg, virginia. we have been there this winter system. >> we have storm watch coverage for you right now. bob is tracking what is coming next. we sent jay korff out to find snow. he is now live in virginia. >> we thought there was a possibility of getting a few inches here in the stafford fredericksburg area. it was not meant to be but that did not stop us from finding quite a bit of snow. >> it was going and going. >> this note streaming down -- the snow steaming down we had to drive 30 miles south of stafford virginia to find snow sticking to services. >> ya'll drove down just to see snow? >> he is concerned. conditions along the way are much more treacherous. >> we are going to take our time. and laydo
lance armstrong is a teacher. in an interview released tonight by oprah winfrey, armstrong said he needed to use performance enhancing drugs to win seven consecutive tour de france titles. clips in a few minutes. >> our other big story tonight. the snow has arrived. sort of. this is well to the south down in lynchburg, virginia. we have been there this winter system. >> we have storm watch coverage for you right now. bob is tracking what is coming next. we sent jay korff out to find...
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. >> reporter: after years of denials, stein file tour de france winner lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey he did use performance-enhancing drugs. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: it's an admission armstrong had spent more than a decade denying. >> i've used this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: those who have followed armstrong say tonight's admission is self-serving. >> i believe that he is completely insincere except for this, he is starting to repair his own brand. >> reporter: a brand that was loss millions in endorsements after armstrong was stripped of his seven tour de france titles. on thursday, the international olympic committee stripped armstrong of the bronze medal he won during the 2000 sidney olympics. >> i'll spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people. >> reporter: accolades gone for a sports icon now coming clean. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> and a quick programming note, this morning on the "today" show, exclu
. >> reporter: after years of denials, stein file tour de france winner lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey he did use performance-enhancing drugs. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: it's an admission armstrong had spent more than a decade denying. >> i've used this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: those who have followed armstrong...
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lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denialses lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> for months, even longer, armstrong has been feeling the effects of the latest and biggest u.s. anti-doping investigation. this one found him guilty of using illicit drugs throughout his cycling career. now his t
lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denialses lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >>...
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armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past. you've been on this show. you said, matt, i lied right to your face in the past. >> yes. >> but when you wrote your book and accused lance armstrong of doping he came out strongly against you. and he said, quote -- a statement released by his people, writing a book today about events that allegedly took place more than ten years ago is not about setting the record straight or righting a wrong. it is greedy, opportunistic and self serving. does he owe you an apology? >> for me, he owes an awful lot of other people an apology. i don't need an apology. we've known each other a l
armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past....
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lance armstrong speaking to oprah winfrey. he says he never ordered his teammates to use performance enhancing drugs while he was winning seven tour de france titles. >> and more than two dozen times he acknowledged lying repeatedly. abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: even though we knew it was coming, hearing lance armstrong say it out roud was surreal. >> did you ever take enhanced substances? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: so why admit it now? he blamed the momentum of his own story. >> this is too late. it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: it is an admission all the more startling when you listen to that other lance armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around
lance armstrong speaking to oprah winfrey. he says he never ordered his teammates to use performance enhancing drugs while he was winning seven tour de france titles. >> and more than two dozen times he acknowledged lying repeatedly. abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: even though we knew it was coming, hearing lance armstrong say it out roud was surreal. >> did you ever take enhanced substances? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope to enhance your...
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man for lance armstrong. to get epo for the tour de france, we came up with a plan. and the plan had moto man involved where he would follow the race, always stayed within probably a half hour drive of our motorcycle drive from our hotel. he basically had the container filled with epo. and he would basically just wait for a phone call on a secret phone. when he had to do a delivery, he would do a delivery. >> armstrong coming up now. can he get off to a great start in the tour de france? he is aiming at 8:09. 8:02.51. lance armstrong with that performance -- >> this is where the legend began. on the very first day of his comeback tour de france, lance armstrong won the prologue. >> lance armstrong has delivered a great blow -- >> three weeks later, less than three years after being diagnosed with cancer, he won his first tour de france. it would be the first of seven. armstrong was now a legend in his sport, a sport tainted at the highest level. >>> next, doctors, coaches and cover-up. >>> lance armstrong was
man for lance armstrong. to get epo for the tour de france, we came up with a plan. and the plan had moto man involved where he would follow the race, always stayed within probably a half hour drive of our motorcycle drive from our hotel. he basically had the container filled with epo. and he would basically just wait for a phone call on a secret phone. when he had to do a delivery, he would do a delivery. >> armstrong coming up now. can he get off to a great start in the tour de france?...
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. >> lance armstrong finally confessed, sitting down with oprah and admitting doping after denying for a dozen years. >> my cocktail was only epo, not a lot, transfusions, and testosterone, all the fault and all blame falls on me. the criticism is pouring in. katie will join us with that criticism in the next half hour. >> students in the university of california system are relieved after the board said there would be no tuition hike next school year wrapping up three days of meetings in san francisco the governor attended and thanked supporters in helping to get the proposition 30 passed in november. the new budget planned for california will help the system avoid tuition increases but he says the system needs a lot more restructuring. >> the model of higher education is broken. that's absolutely true. going forward, what we do about it, what kind of design change is feasible, that remains to be seen. >> it is the second straight year of no tuition increases after the system raised fees every year from 2006 to 2011. >> man is suing a bay area hotel after he was found unconscious suffe
. >> lance armstrong finally confessed, sitting down with oprah and admitting doping after denying for a dozen years. >> my cocktail was only epo, not a lot, transfusions, and testosterone, all the fault and all blame falls on me. the criticism is pouring in. katie will join us with that criticism in the next half hour. >> students in the university of california system are relieved after the board said there would be no tuition hike next school year wrapping up three days of...
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i'm pretty sure the only group that's lied more than lance armstrong is the u.s. postal service. [ laughter and applause ] "oh, it'll be there in two to three days. don't worry about it." [ applause ] [ laughter ] why is it crushed? here's some political news. on sunday, the white house will hold a private swearing-in ceremony for president obama. [ cheers and applause ] not to be outdone, on sunday, republicans will hold a private swearing-at ceremony for president obama. [ laughter and applause ] this is big. tonight was the season premiere of "american idol" with new judges nicki minaj and mariah carey. [ scattered cheers ] yeah, viewers got to see all the crazy hair, the diva behavior, but enough about ryan seacrest. [ light laughter ] did you guys see this commercial online that has a bunch of cats? take a look. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we actually tried that around our office, and it -- [ laughter ] -- it turns out that laser pointers are pretty hard to resist. check this out. ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimm
i'm pretty sure the only group that's lied more than lance armstrong is the u.s. postal service. [ laughter and applause ] "oh, it'll be there in two to three days. don't worry about it." [ applause ] [ laughter ] why is it crushed? here's some political news. on sunday, the white house will hold a private swearing-in ceremony for president obama. [ cheers and applause ] not to be outdone, on sunday, republicans will hold a private swearing-at ceremony for president obama. [ laughter...
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lance armstrong was doping. of course he was. you can best cancer and you can win the tour de france but you can't beat the tour de france 7 times and beat cancer or vice versa meaning you have won the tour de france and lost seven testicles. it's obvious in hindsight. it's like the tooth fairy. of course, a winged fairy spends her life collecting baby teeth yet somehow has money in her pocket to give out. defies credibility. any idiot with half a brain should have been able to see armstrong of lying. they've been testing me like crazy. they've been following you. don't the results speak for themselves at a certain point? >> jon: hello! hello. [ laughter ] nailed it again. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] you know what? for as good as interviewing as i am, i would not be surprised if armstrong was also banging david patreaus. [ laughter ] looking at how the two of us have aged since that interview, i need to start doping. [ laughter ] so armstrong admits doping. it's a long road back to redemption. how can he find himself back
lance armstrong was doping. of course he was. you can best cancer and you can win the tour de france but you can't beat the tour de france 7 times and beat cancer or vice versa meaning you have won the tour de france and lost seven testicles. it's obvious in hindsight. it's like the tooth fairy. of course, a winged fairy spends her life collecting baby teeth yet somehow has money in her pocket to give out. defies credibility. any idiot with half a brain should have been able to see armstrong of...
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tonight we start to get lance armstrong's side of things. an sloes i have enter -- exclusive interview and the chance to start clearing his name. the highlights tonight. >> after a decade of deaccepttion it's the moment -- deception, it's the moment many thought would never come. >> did you ever take banned substances or dope. >> yes. >> in an exclusive interview lance armstrong finally confessed to using banned substances to help him compete. >> my cocktail, so to speak was only epo. not a lot, trance fusions and testosterone. >> armstrong apologized. >> all the blame here falls on me. >> the cyclists best friend says armstrong attacked him for refusing to. >> i got e-mails, traitor. >> while armstrong's future is uncertain. >> i've never taken performance enhancing drugs. >> still, lawyers are watching every part of this interview with part 2 airing friday because several lawsuits are in the works. >> i have used this situation as one big lie. >> this confession has also led to more embarrassment, olympic officials have now stripped armstr
tonight we start to get lance armstrong's side of things. an sloes i have enter -- exclusive interview and the chance to start clearing his name. the highlights tonight. >> after a decade of deaccepttion it's the moment -- deception, it's the moment many thought would never come. >> did you ever take banned substances or dope. >> yes. >> in an exclusive interview lance armstrong finally confessed to using banned substances to help him compete. >> my cocktail, so to...
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lance armstrong is a partial owner here. i was talking to the general manager of the store, and he said they know the circle of support for lance armstrong has shrunk considerably, but there's still a great number of people who support him. he told me an anecdote of a woman who bought a bike here and after the report had come out, returned the bike and said i refuse to give that guy lance armstrong any money. but despite all of that, there is still support and he still supports the friend he's known since they were teenagers. have you told him maybe you lost faith in him? >> no. there's still a lot there. there's still a lot of things that he's done and accomplished outside of the seven tours of france. everything right now is focused on that. when you take him the person and look at all the things that he's done, people's inspired, people's helped with cancer, there's a much bigger story. and i think that part of the story will start to come around. a lot of people are sort of abandoning him really quickly and i think that
lance armstrong is a partial owner here. i was talking to the general manager of the store, and he said they know the circle of support for lance armstrong has shrunk considerably, but there's still a great number of people who support him. he told me an anecdote of a woman who bought a bike here and after the report had come out, returned the bike and said i refuse to give that guy lance armstrong any money. but despite all of that, there is still support and he still supports the friend he's...
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lance armstrong, a full confession. i'll talk to somebody who has been through the mincer as someone exposed as a cheat. we'll listen to his take on lance armstrong and his comeback in political life. ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. is a fantastic experience. 30 shrimp for $11.99. i can't imagine anything better. you're getting a ton of shrimp, and it tastes really good! [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's 30 shrimp for just $11.99! choose any two of five savory shrimp selections, like mango jalapeÑo shrimp and parmesan crunch shrimp. two delicious shrimp selections on one plate! all with salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. 30 shrimp, just $11.99 for a limited time. wow, that's a lot of shrimp. i'm ryon stewart, i'm the ultimate shrimp lover, and i sea food differently. [ construction sounds ] ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine re
lance armstrong, a full confession. i'll talk to somebody who has been through the mincer as someone exposed as a cheat. we'll listen to his take on lance armstrong and his comeback in political life. ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. is a fantastic experience. 30 shrimp for $11.99. i can't imagine anything better....
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you covered lance armstrong almost his entire career, i guess. what did you make of what happened tonight? >> never mind, i have said all this and now in this riskless way you wonder if he has a soul. just immediately saying yes, no hesitation. no emotion. this is one riskless guy, as i said. >> the greatest chief in the history of sport? >> absolutely. the biggest fraud. i think we can see why. almost like it is a cold-blooded cheating and a guy who just almost doesn't feel remorse. he says a few times during the interview i feel bad about this. whenever. is almost don't believe that he feels that way. >> unbelievably callous and glibness to his delivery. he is locked up, got caught and i had better say these things. plus you read this notorious piece, i believe and lance armstrong. i understand why he did it because she knew him well. he told you i never ducked and you believed him. you are not the only one that fell for this by any means with respect to sports writers. when you see the scale of the admission tonight, and therefore the scale of
you covered lance armstrong almost his entire career, i guess. what did you make of what happened tonight? >> never mind, i have said all this and now in this riskless way you wonder if he has a soul. just immediately saying yes, no hesitation. no emotion. this is one riskless guy, as i said. >> the greatest chief in the history of sport? >> absolutely. the biggest fraud. i think we can see why. almost like it is a cold-blooded cheating and a guy who just almost doesn't feel...
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he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lemond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all acknowledged how hard it is just to do what he's done, and frankie in a report today was saying until you sit down and start talking to usada, you don't know how hard that is. the people who are there and made the mistakes he did in a smaller way, they seem to have more empathy for him than everyone else. interesting. >> oprah asked about paying off allegations that he attempted to pay off usada or somebody in his world attempted to pay off usada. let's listen to what he said. >> last wednesday night travis tygart ceo of usada told 60 minutes sports that someone on your team offered a donation that us
he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lemond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all...
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but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's trying to do now is the equivalent of riding a bike through the eye of a needle. well, we watched half of it. we'll see the rest of it tonight perhaps. did he succeed? >> no, he didn't succeed at all, and he didn't succeed on either front, and that's the key point here is that he had to do two different things that were very different, very divergent, and he failed at both. this is what he had to do. first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him wer
but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's...
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after years of very public denials, lance armstrong is now taking it all back. cyclist who was stripped of his 7 tour de france titles and just today an olympic medal admitted in an interview with oprah winfrey that he used performance enhancing drugs. we have more on what lance armstrong confessed. >> after a decade of deception, it's the moment many thought would never come. >> in all 7 of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood doping. >> yes. >>reporter: in an exclusive interview open the oprah winfrey network the great cyclist lance armstrong finally confessed to using banned substances to help him compete. >> my cocktail so to speak was only e p o. not a lot. transfusions and testosterone. >>reporter: armstrong apologized for his trail of li lies. >> all the fall and blame falls on me. >>reporter: cyclist former best friend and teammate frank andrew says armstrong attacked him for revving to the lie about his drug use. >> i got e-mail. trader rat. second happened cyclist. just ripped apart. >>reporter: while armstrong fu
after years of very public denials, lance armstrong is now taking it all back. cyclist who was stripped of his 7 tour de france titles and just today an olympic medal admitted in an interview with oprah winfrey that he used performance enhancing drugs. we have more on what lance armstrong confessed. >> after a decade of deception, it's the moment many thought would never come. >> in all 7 of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood doping. >>...
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armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer survivors, he lied under oath, too. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> i just want to make sure your testimony is clear. >> if it can't be any clearer that i've never taken drugs. >> reporter: along way, armstrong's great lie left a trail of human collateral damage. people who went from friend to enemy the minute they threatened to expose him. >> it's a long time coming. i think it's a huge steph. >> reporter: frankie andreu was his best friend and teammate until he and his wife testified they heard him admit he took drugs. armstrong went on the attack, accusing frankie and betsy of lying. >> she said in her deposition
armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer...
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. >>> lance armstrong's stunning confessions. good >>> lance armstrong sat down with oprah and bombshell after bombshell came out. he admitted he cheated, he lied, he ducked. the rumors he spent years to nine, the world trip. blood doping was his cocktail for cycling competition, blood transfusions and testosterone and on he went. didn't think it was possible. he admits using banned substances in the tour de france and says he was afraid of getting caught. listen to what he told oprah when he he asked if he thought when he was doing was wrong. >> was a big deal to you, did it feel wrong. >> at the time, now. >> did not feel wrong. >> no. scary. did you feel bad about it. >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >>> he had to look at the word she to see what it meant and he said it didn't apply to him. joining me as a sports columnist from "usa today." christine, extending interviewed. a full hats off to oprah winfrey, you can't really be to the devastating power of this segment.
. >>> lance armstrong's stunning confessions. good >>> lance armstrong sat down with oprah and bombshell after bombshell came out. he admitted he cheated, he lied, he ducked. the rumors he spent years to nine, the world trip. blood doping was his cocktail for cycling competition, blood transfusions and testosterone and on he went. didn't think it was possible. he admits using banned substances in the tour de france and says he was afraid of getting caught. listen to what he...
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i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with oprah winfrey and said, no, it's not true. i did not bully people into doing anything they didn't want to do. i may have bullied people who accused me of things, which doesn't make him very sympathetic, but i didn't do anything in terms of facilitating doping in cycling. i think that's what's going to trip him up going forward. >> all right. stick around. we're going to come back a little later in the program and talk to you about the manti te'o hoax. thanks. >>> other news overseas in north africa. we're learning more details about the hostag
i've spoken to people close to lance armstrong. they said that's the primary reason for coming forward, is that he wants to be a competitive triathlete. all of those events are controlled by usada. yet, usada has said, if you want to come back in, you need to actually admit that that our 15 years of research into your past, you need to admit that the people who testified under oath that you bullied them, you need to say that's true. he actually, instead of that, he drew a line last night with...
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. >>> let's stay with sports now and lance armstrong. he opened up to oprah winfrey in a second and final part of their really highly anticipated interview about the effect his doping had on his family. and he actually teared up a bit when he recalled telling his 13-year-old son about using those performance enhancing drugs. >> when this all really started, i saw my son defending me. and saying, that's not true. what you're saying about my dad is not true. and it almost goes to this question of "why now?" and i can't -- yeah. that's when i knew i had to tell him. and he'd never ask me. he never said, dad, is this true? he trusted me. i said, don't defend me anymore. don't. >> but even after those tears, armstrong, the competitor, came through. you know, after this unbelievable fall from grace, the lifetime ban, he says he wants to race again. ed lavendera is in armstrong's hometown of austin, texas. ed, a thousand-page report from u.s.ada on doping. stripped of the tour de france titles, losing the olympic medal from sydney in 2000, the
. >>> let's stay with sports now and lance armstrong. he opened up to oprah winfrey in a second and final part of their really highly anticipated interview about the effect his doping had on his family. and he actually teared up a bit when he recalled telling his 13-year-old son about using those performance enhancing drugs. >> when this all really started, i saw my son defending me. and saying, that's not true. what you're saying about my dad is not true. and it almost goes to...
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lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. he admitted what many had suspected that he doped. in an interview with oprah winfrey armstrong said he started using performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven tour de france championships any other way. with that more than a decade of lies and cover-ups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. >> this story was so perfect for so long. you overcome the disease, you win the tour de france seven times, you have a happy marriages children. i mean it's just this mythic perfect story. >> yes. >> and it wasn't true. >> former cyclist confessed the oprah winfrey and the world in a tv interview to using performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career including seven consecutive tour de france. >> epos ks not a lot, transfusions and testosterone. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time. >> mm-hmm. >> no. >> but he flatly denied forcing his teammates to dope along with him. >> there was never a direct or
lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. he admitted what many had suspected that he doped. in an interview with oprah winfrey armstrong said he started using performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven tour de france championships any other way. with that more than a decade of lies and cover-ups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. >> this story was so perfect for so long....
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the fraudulent claims of lance armstrong. there has been a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by one of the members of the team. there is a law that says if you expose fraud, you can be compensated. the u.s. government may say lance armstrong should be responsible for that award. and then you have companies, as you say, like nike and other companies that depended upon his good reputation to market their products, and they could claim that they have been defrauded. so lots of potential civil lawsuits against lance armstrong, depending upon what he tells oprah in that interview. >> and if you're a lawyer, on either side, if you're lance armstrong's lawyer or you're on the anti-doping side, you're one of the agencies, these bodies looking at his record, what are you looking for in that interview? >> well, i'm looking for a precise admission to the use of performance-enhancing drugs and blood doping. i'm looking for him to say he actually did that. because you notice he rather brazenly in that deposition that was just played denies and
the fraudulent claims of lance armstrong. there has been a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by one of the members of the team. there is a law that says if you expose fraud, you can be compensated. the u.s. government may say lance armstrong should be responsible for that award. and then you have companies, as you say, like nike and other companies that depended upon his good reputation to market their products, and they could claim that they have been defrauded. so lots of potential civil lawsuits...
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what a san jose mother is saying about the elaborate hoax and lance armstrong confesses. one of the ways he justified his cheating... to himself. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday january 18th. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. washington, mostly sunny, 38. mostly sunny in atlanta, 50. mostly sunny and breezy in st. louis, 48. mostly sunny, denver, 55. morning fog in seattle, 46 degrees. >>> a suspect is in custody for the beating of a subway rider in philadelphia. the attack on tuesday was caught on surveillance video. it shows the suspect throwing a woman onto the tracks. she managed to climb onto the platform suffering only minor injuries. >>> a new study from the american cancer society suggests mixed results in the nation's battle to beat cancer. while the overall death rate from the disease is declining, some forms of the disease are increasing. ines ferre reports. >> reporter: cindy underwent a lumpectomy and radiation after doctors discovering cancer
what a san jose mother is saying about the elaborate hoax and lance armstrong confesses. one of the ways he justified his cheating... to himself. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday january 18th. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. washington, mostly sunny, 38. mostly sunny in atlanta, 50. mostly sunny and breezy in st. louis, 48. mostly sunny, denver, 55. morning fog in...
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lance armstrong already lost all seven of this tour de france titles. now looks like he'll have to give up even more. that's coming up, as we approach bottom of the hour, top of the news. >> the stung fall from grace continues for lance armstrong. the international olympic committee announced it has asked the disgraced cyclist to return his bond medal from the 2000 has been stripped of his seven tour de france titles, and this week he reportedly admitted to oprah winfrey that he doped. >> trace gallagher has the news now. trace, is the timing of this related to the oprah interview at all? >> no, not at all. greg. in fact the international olympic committee started talking about revoking lance armstrong's bronze medal last moth but it was a timing issue because they head to wait for the ioc to strip lance armstrong -- the international cycling union to strip him of his seven tour de france titles and then lance armstrong had 21 days to appeal losing the titles, which he did not appeal so now the bronze medal is gone and the bike rider who was fourth behi
lance armstrong already lost all seven of this tour de france titles. now looks like he'll have to give up even more. that's coming up, as we approach bottom of the hour, top of the news. >> the stung fall from grace continues for lance armstrong. the international olympic committee announced it has asked the disgraced cyclist to return his bond medal from the 2000 has been stripped of his seven tour de france titles, and this week he reportedly admitted to oprah winfrey that he doped....
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disgraced cyclist lance armstrong is facing new criticism a day after he made a nationally televised confession. some are saying he still has not told oprah winfrey the entire truth. >> if lance armstrong's goal was a shot at redemption, he may have just taken a step backwards. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> but investigators say even now he's still lying the he told oprah he stopped doping in 2005. >> you did not do a blood tranceusion? >> absolutely not. >> in 2009? >> 2009 and 2010. those were the two years i did the tour. absolutely not. >> yet today investigators tell abc news his blood work from 2009 shows consistent blood manipulation consistent with transfusions. why admit to anything? critics say it's to keep within the statute of limitations and avoid possible criminal charges. even though he did confess the smearing tactics many saw a lack of compassion that seemed bizarre at best. >> are you satisfied by anything you heard? >> no, i'm not. i'm really disappointed. i don't know if i'm stupid willing to give him a second chance, b
disgraced cyclist lance armstrong is facing new criticism a day after he made a nationally televised confession. some are saying he still has not told oprah winfrey the entire truth. >> if lance armstrong's goal was a shot at redemption, he may have just taken a step backwards. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> but investigators say even now he's still lying the he told oprah he stopped doping in 2005. >> you did not do a blood...
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lance armstrong doped for most of his career. armstrong told oprah winfrey in an exclusive interview that he used performance enhancers in not just one but all seven of his tour de france victories. he said it was part of a doping culture and in his view leveled the playing field. >> you said we had one ambition to win the greatest bike race. not to just win once, but to keep on winning it and to win it, you had to keep using banned substances to do it. >> yes. but -- i'm not sure this is an acceptable answer, but that's like saying we have to have air in our tires. or we have to it have water in our bottles. >> armstrong did say that he was not doping when had he made a comeback to the tour in 2010. he placed third that year. following the interview, armstrong's cap certificate foundation, living strong, released a statement saying "we are disappointed by the news that lance armstrong misled people during and after his cycling career, including us. lance apologized to our staff and we accepted his apology in order to move on." t
lance armstrong doped for most of his career. armstrong told oprah winfrey in an exclusive interview that he used performance enhancers in not just one but all seven of his tour de france victories. he said it was part of a doping culture and in his view leveled the playing field. >> you said we had one ambition to win the greatest bike race. not to just win once, but to keep on winning it and to win it, you had to keep using banned substances to do it. >> yes. but -- i'm not sure...
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you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here, was it believable, you know, he said all of the right words, but is he truly, sincerely apologetic, you know, for what he did here? and when you talk to people, some ask, you know, does it really make a difference, and some say they are disappointed. there are cyclists who are livid, ashleigh, about what they heard the other night. but i spoke with one person, michael hall, he writes for "texas monthly" he rode with lance and he knows him well enough, and he said when you listen to what lance armstrong had to say, you do have to question whether he really meant it,
you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here,...